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1 This directory contains the zlib package, which is not part of GCC but
2 shipped with GCC as convenience.
3
4 ZLIB DATA COMPRESSION LIBRARY
5
6 zlib 1.2.3 is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is
7 thread safe. The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs
8 (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files
9 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate format)
10 and rfc1952.txt (gzip format). These documents are also available in other
11 formats from ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/documents/zlib/zdoc-index.html
12
13 All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h
14 (volunteer to write man pages welcome, contact zlib@gzip.org). A usage example
15 of the library is given in the file example.c which also tests that the library
16 is working correctly. Another example is given in the file minigzip.c. The
17 compression library itself is composed of all source files except example.c and
18 minigzip.c.
19
20 To compile all files and run the test program, follow the instructions given at
21 the top of Makefile. In short "make test; make install" should work for most
22 machines. For Unix: "./configure; make test; make install". For MSDOS, use one
23 of the special makefiles such as Makefile.msc. For VMS, use make_vms.com.
24
25 Questions about zlib should be sent to <zlib@gzip.org>, or to Gilles Vollant
26 <info@winimage.com> for the Windows DLL version. The zlib home page is
27 http://www.zlib.org or http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ Before reporting a problem,
28 please check this site to verify that you have the latest version of zlib;
29 otherwise get the latest version and check whether the problem still exists or
30 not.
31
32 PLEASE read the zlib FAQ http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_faq.html before asking
33 for help.
34
35 Mark Nelson <markn@ieee.org> wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997
36 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available in
37 http://dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm
38
39 The changes made in version 1.2.3 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
40
41 Unsupported third party contributions are provided in directory "contrib".
42
43 A Java implementation of zlib is available in the Java Development Kit
44 http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/zip/package-summary.html
45 See the zlib home page http://www.zlib.org for details.
46
47 A Perl interface to zlib written by Paul Marquess <pmqs@cpan.org> is in the
48 CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites
49 http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Compress/
50
51 A Python interface to zlib written by A.M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> is
52 available in Python 1.5 and later versions, see
53 http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html
54
55 A zlib binding for TCL written by Andreas Kupries <a.kupries@westend.com> is
56 availlable at http://www.oche.de/~akupries/soft/trf/trf_zip.html
57
58 An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format, written on top
59 of zlib by Gilles Vollant <info@winimage.com>, is available in the
60 contrib/minizip directory of zlib.
61
62
63 Notes for some targets:
64
65 - For Windows DLL versions, please see win32/DLL_FAQ.txt
66
67 - For 64-bit Irix, deflate.c must be compiled without any optimization. With
68 -O, one libpng test fails. The test works in 32 bit mode (with the -n32
69 compiler flag). The compiler bug has been reported to SGI.
70
71 - zlib doesn't work with gcc 2.6.3 on a DEC 3000/300LX under OSF/1 2.1 it works
72 when compiled with cc.
73
74 - On Digital Unix 4.0D (formely OSF/1) on AlphaServer, the cc option -std1 is
75 necessary to get gzprintf working correctly. This is done by configure.
76
77 - zlib doesn't work on HP-UX 9.05 with some versions of /bin/cc. It works with
78 other compilers. Use "make test" to check your compiler.
79
80 - gzdopen is not supported on RISCOS, BEOS and by some Mac compilers.
81
82 - For PalmOs, see http://palmzlib.sourceforge.net/
83
84 - When building a shared, i.e. dynamic library on Mac OS X, the library must be
85 installed before testing (do "make install" before "make test"), since the
86 library location is specified in the library.
87
88
89 Acknowledgments:
90
91 The deflate format used by zlib was defined by Phil Katz. The deflate
92 and zlib specifications were written by L. Peter Deutsch. Thanks to all the
93 people who reported problems and suggested various improvements in zlib;
94 they are too numerous to cite here.
95
96 Copyright notice:
97
98 (C) 1995-2004 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
99
100 This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
101 warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
102 arising from the use of this software.
103
104 Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
105 including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
106 freely, subject to the following restrictions:
107
108 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
109 claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
110 in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
111 appreciated but is not required.
112 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
113 misrepresented as being the original software.
114 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
115
116 Jean-loup Gailly Mark Adler
117 jloup@gzip.org madler@alumni.caltech.edu
118
119 If you use the zlib library in a product, we would appreciate *not*
120 receiving lengthy legal documents to sign. The sources are provided
121 for free but without warranty of any kind. The library has been
122 entirely written by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler; it does not
123 include third-party code.
124
125 If you redistribute modified sources, we would appreciate that you include
126 in the file ChangeLog history information documenting your changes. Please
127 read the FAQ for more information on the distribution of modified source
128 versions.